In the past, Google has tried emulating Amazon.com Inc.’s online retail and delivery services, with little luck. Now the search giant is positioning itself as a kind of anti-Amazon, a free marketplace for merchants and Amazon rivals that’s designed to get consumers more comfortable shopping with Google.
May 25, 2022Mark Bergen
Business, Logistics 
Google's search page is displayed on a smartphone. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News)
Google Takes Another Run at E-Commerce, and Amazon
Google's search page is displayed on a smartphone. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News) Business, Technology, Autonomous 
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Waymo Pulls Out of CES Over Virus Concerns
Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg NewsWaymo, the autonomous vehicle unit of Alphabet Inc., is withdrawing from in-person events at CES, joining a growing list of companies avoiding the major technology conference scheduled for next month.
December 23, 2021 Business, Technology, Autonomous 
Waymo via Facebook Video
Waymo Brings Self-Driving Taxis to San Francisco — With a Catch
Waymo via Facebook VideoAlphabet Inc.’s Waymo will offer rides in its autonomous vehicles to select passengers in San Francisco, marking its second launch of a taxi service and a hint of the company’s commercial ambitions.
August 24, 2021 Business, Technology, Autonomous 
Convoy
Sun Valley Secret Tech Demos Feature Trucking Networks, Quantum Physics
ConvoyNearly all of the biggest names in media and technology descended on Sun Valley, Idaho, July 11-16, and in the mix this year were trucking networks, spider silk and quantum physics.
July 17, 2017 Business, Autonomous 
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Uber Fires Executive at Center of Self-Driving Car Legal Fight
John Sommers II for TTUber Technologies Inc. fired Anthony Levandowski, the engineer hired to lead its self-driving car efforts who is now at the center of a legal spat over the technology with Google parent Alphabet Inc.
May 30, 2017 Business, Technology, Autonomous
Uber Crash Shows Human Traits in Self-Driving Software
A recent crash involving an Uber Technologies Inc. driverless car suggests autonomous software sometimes takes the same risks as the humans it may one day replace.
March 30, 2017 Business, Technology, Autonomous
Waymo Alleges Former Self-Driving Engineer Plotted to Sell Trade Secrets to Uber
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo alleged a former top self-driving car engineer plotted to sell trade secrets and talent to Uber Technologies Inc., according to an updated lawsuit filed March 10 against the ride-sharing company.
March 10, 2017 Business, Technology 
Project Wing, Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Taps Brakes on Delivery by Drone Project
Project Wing, Alphabet Inc. The latest Google drones have just started taking flight in the real world. But the team behind the technology is slowing down, trimming headcount and shelving initiatives as the experimental unit becomes the latest target of tightening budgets across parent company Alphabet Inc.
November 8, 2016